
Experts Share How AI Is Transforming Franchise Development
At the 2025 FLDC, artificial intelligence (AI) once again took center stage.
· Franchising.com· January 19, 2026
Michael Ackley is a person in Burnaze's franchise knowledge graph, mentioned since 2024. 3 stories link here, each summarized from the original publisher.

At the 2025 FLDC, artificial intelligence (AI) once again took center stage.

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